Hungaroring: Hitech Junior preview

HITECH JUNIOR HEADS TO HUNGARORING
Fresh from its first ever podium finish last time out, Hitech Junior
heads to the next round of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Championship
this weekend aiming for a repeat performance. The Silverstone-based...

HITECH JUNIOR HEADS TO HUNGARORING

Fresh from its first ever podium finish last time out, Hitech Junior
heads to the next round of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Championship
this weekend aiming for a repeat performance. The Silverstone-based team
will field four cars including one for 16 year-old Spaniard Miki Monras,
who secured third place last time out.

He will be joined by rising British stars Richard Singleton and Luciano
Bacheta and rapid Colombian Esteban Jacobo, as they head to the
Hungaroring F1 circuit just outside Budapest. Last time out, 20 year-old
Singleton, the Formula Renault UK Winterseries Champion, continued the
form that netted him the 2006 BARC Formula Renault title and secured two
top ten finishes.

While Bacheta and Jacobo will be making their first race appearances
since the British outing supporting the World Series by Renault race at
Silverstone last month. Both are keen to fulfil their pre-season promise
as they bid to break into the top ten.

For the David Hayle-led team, the event will make their first appearance
at the circuit which four weeks later will host the Hungarian Formula
One Grand Prix. The 2.72 mile track is very different to the majority
of the other tracks on which the fledgling team competes; in particular
the track surface is substantially different from circuits such as
Silverstone and Spa due to the high temperatures.

"This weekend will be the first time we've competed in Hungary but we
head to the event in relatively confident form after the podium finish
last time out," said Hayle. "All of the drivers have at different times
shown a lot of promise so far this season and we aim to repeat that this
weekend. The temperatures are normally extreme and that will pose its
own problems, but I'm optimistic we can repeat the form we've shown in
testing."